TablePro

TablePro is a database client for macOS that takes the opposite bet from most of its
competition: no Electron, no JDBC, no JavaScript runtime. Everything is built on native frameworks,
and the result is a cold start under one second and roughly 80 MB of memory at idle — numbers that
matter when the client is open all day next to an editor.

One client, 29 engines. Native drivers cover the relational tier (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB,
SQL Server, Oracle, CockroachDB), document and key-value stores (MongoDB, Redis, etcd), analytics
engines (ClickHouse, DuckDB, BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, Trino), wide-column stores (Cassandra,
ScyllaDB) and serverless databases (Cloudflare D1, Turso, PGlite, DynamoDB). Nine drivers ship
pre-installed; the remaining twenty download on first use with signature verification, so the base
app stays small.

AI that stays on a leash. A Claude-backed assistant explains a query (⌘L) or proposes an
optimisation (⌘⌥L), and every change arrives as a diff you approve before it touches anything.
Separately, TablePro exposes its own MCP server, so Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code or Raycast can
query your databases through scoped tokens rather than raw credentials — with permission levels and
mandatory confirmation on destructive operations.

Day-to-day work. The SQL editor has autocomplete, batch execution and a Vim mode. The data grid
buffers edits in memory so you commit deliberately rather than per keystroke. Visual EXPLAIN plans,
server dashboards, user and role management, CSV inspection and backup/restore round it out, and an
import tool pulls existing connections across from TablePlus, DBeaver and other clients.

Licensing. The app is free — not a trial, not a feature-gated demo — and the source is AGPL v3 on
GitHub. Nine premium features sit behind a licence: Starter at $24/year or $59 lifetime, Team at
$50/year or $25 one-time per seat with a five-seat minimum. The project is built by a single
full-time developer funded by licence sales rather than venture capital, and the README asks
workplace users to buy one.

Requirements. macOS 14 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel. An iOS/iPadOS build is in TestFlight
beta and a Linux port in Rust and GTK4 is in development.